As you will see from the reports below, the times are alive with unionists and other activists busy discussing ideas, strategizing, organizing — and defying police intimidation. The Freedom Socialist… Read more »
elections
Battle for the nomination: FSP among contenders for Peace and Freedom Party nod
The Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) campaign of Stephen Durham for president and Christina López for vice president is a sharp contrast to the tradition of buying the White House with… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Letters to the Editor — October 2012
PRISONER BACKS FSP And there’s lots more support behind bars Revolutionary greetings. I believe there needs to be a third party system. For decades this capitalist machine has bogged down… Read more »
No war against Iran — lift the embargo: a statement by the presidential ticket of Stephen Durham and Christina López of the Freedom Socialist Party
On July 1, following the lead of the United States, the European Union tightened its oil embargo against Iran. This is the latest step in a campaign to paint Iran… Read more »
The most effective vote is a protest vote —
Barack Obama spent $730 million to claim the White House in 2008, and it’s projected that this year’s winner will spend more than a billion. As it turns out, however,… Read more »
Two conventions, two scripts, one charade for voters
The Republican and Democrat conventions were glitzy ad campaigns to lure voters in November. To that end, the rhetoric of both claimed huge divides between them. But in the real… Read more »
Electoral roulette: The 1 percent can’t lose
While Mitt Romney and Barack Obama joust for the White House, the U.S. economy limps along, teetering between “recovery” and another downturn. With competition for global markets and resources at… Read more »
The $6 billion election that settled nothing
On election night on Nov. 6, as returns showed Barack Obama winning, victory honks sounded in cities around the U.S. Compared to 2008, however, the mood still seemed somber, and… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Letters to the editor December 2012
ELECTION 2012 Great candidates It was so good to vote for two people I know for president and vice president, Stephen and Christina. To vote for socialists. To vote for… Read more »
Socialist feminist presidential campaign: bringing race and gender issues to the fore
Let’s consider. The forest of laws keeping minor parties off U.S. ballots just keeps thickening; all the major media act like alternative candidates don’t exist; and the price tag for… Read more »
